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Well, Christmas Eve is tomorrow. One of my favorite days. I got the tree up and decorated, made cookies and covered pretzels, picked up my Grams from IA, and...got a terrible cold. My throat is swollen, I can't breathe out of my nose, my chances at recording vocals anytime soon is shot to heck (I DO plan on recording SOMETHING over break), and the house is going to be full of company tomorrow for our biggest holiday celebration of the year. Time for Nasalcrom, Vicks, hot green tea and coffee, cough drops, hot pads, and drugs.
Have a Merry Christmas and please, use Purell and avoid touching, hugging, kissing, being in any proximity with people. Seriously, it's what Jesus would have wanted.

Much love,
Stephen

Song of the Day: "Caught a Lite Sneeze" by Tori Amos (which has nothing to do with a cold, but it's a good tune)

Christmas Fun

Welcome to the 2006 Holiday Edition of Getting to Know You're Friends! You know the drill. Don't be a scrooge!!! See instructions at the end of this post.

1. Eggnog or Hot Chocolate? Egg Nog
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Puts them unwrapped in stockings
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white? Red/white/green on tree, white on house
4. Do you hang mistletoe? nope
5. When do you put your decorations up? starting the day after Thanksgiving
6. What is your favorite holiday dish? homemade pizza
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child: laying on my back under the tree and looking up at all the lights on it, playing in the snow with my cousins at Grams'
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? My cousins when I went to TX in Kindergarten
9. Do you open a present on Christmas Eve? All except those from Santa
10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? lights first, garland, ribbons, ornaments
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it? Dread it
12. Can you ice skate? yes
13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My bike, Phantom of the Opera cassettes in 2nd grade-ish, Polar Express book/bell
14. What's the most important thing about the Holidays for you? Family and faith
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert? I make a bunch...this year it's candy cane cookies, biscotti, and covered pretzel rods
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
17. What tops your tree? an angel this year, almost always a star (which i prefer)
18. Which do you prefer, giving or Receiving? both
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song? The good ole Catholic ones...O Holy Night, Silent Night, O Come O Come Emmanuel, etc. (take that Catholic-haters!!!!)
20. Candy Canes! Yuck or Yum? YUCK

Have fun with this... Now that you know your friends a little better, COPY AND PASTE This but change all the answers to your own. Then post it to your blog so all your friends can see your innermost Christmas secrets. Happy Holidays!!!